2 Gang TV Aerial Socket - Piano Black

Two coaxial sockets sit side by side on a single flat plate, with no visible screws to interrupt the gloss. The piano black finish is a deep, mirror bright black that reads almost like lacquer, and the plate is square at 88mm, so it keeps a tidy footprint on the wall. Each socket accepts a standard coaxial plug, so an aerial feed and a further signal lead can arrive neatly at the same place rather than on separate plates.

It earns its keep behind a television, where the aerial lead and a feed to a set top box or recorder both need somewhere to land. Studies, bedrooms and media walls are the other obvious homes for it, particularly in rooms already fitted out in dark hardware. We reach for screwless plates where the wall is a plain, flat colour and a screw head or raised edge would be the first thing the eye finds. This one is for signal and data circuits, running at low voltage, and it is intended for indoor rooms that stay dry.

The plate is moulded in ABS, which holds a high gloss cleanly and keeps its depth of colour rather than yellowing under lamplight. To clean it, use a soft cloth with a little warm water and dry it straight after, since gloss black picks up fingerprints and smears more readily than a satin plate; scouring creams and spirit based cleaners will take the shine off it for good. It carries a ten year warranty. There is nothing to lamp here and nothing to switch, so it can simply be treated as part of the plate scheme: we would run the same screwless piano black across the sockets and switches nearby so the television point disappears into the wall alongside them rather than standing apart. Aerial leads are supplied with your equipment rather than with the plate.

What size is the plate?

It is a square plate, 88mm by 88mm, with a depth of 25mm at the rear.

Can both sockets be used at once?

Yes. There are two coaxial connections on the one plate, so an aerial feed and a second lead can both terminate at the same position.

What is the plate made from?

Moulded ABS in a piano black gloss, which is what gives it the lacquer like depth.

How should I clean a gloss black plate?

A soft cloth with a little warm water, then dried off immediately. Keep abrasive creams and solvent based sprays away from it, as they permanently dull the gloss.

Is it suitable for a bathroom?

No. It is rated for ordinary dry indoor rooms only, so living rooms, bedrooms and studies rather than bathrooms or outbuildings.

Is there a warranty?

It carries a ten year warranty from the manufacturer.